Gwen and Jeff Young plant thousands of trees to create 9-hectare haven for birds on their Port MacDonnell farm
Submitted by Chickowee on 25 Oct 2020.
Long before Jeff Young met his wife Gwen, birds were targets for his slug gun.
Sparrows were "spoggies", red-browed finches were "beetroot eaters" — at least that is what his Dad told him on their Port MacDonnell farm in South Australia's south-east.
Since meeting Gwen in 1996, the farm has become a haven for 122 species of birds many of which Mr Young can now call by their real names.
In 20 years they have planted thousands of trees and covered 9 of their 72 acres with native corridors, changing their landscape — and their relationship — forever.
